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and again, i just think about myself as a student in law school with professor easterbrook, professor posner, and so they get through this committee and they got to this senate which had very ideological -- many differences at that time as well, and i hope at the same will happen with you, professor liu. you have great credentials. thank you. >> thank you, senator,. >> that completes our first round, and i would like to put some letters into the record, which i will do. and i had to stand at senator sessions has some questions he wishes -- this is actually your third round. well, senator grassley -- well -- [inaudible] >> he has to come back or i am going to move on. so do you have a second -- why don't you go ahead and? [inaudible] >> again, i'm a bit baffled. you talk to just a moment ago about on judges showing restraint, that they are cautious, that we have a limited role. but im properly quoted this article a while ago and you corrected me, rightly. but this is article on rethinking constitutional welfare. you talk about judges, and this is your writing about how you think judges
and again, i just think about myself as a student in law school with professor easterbrook, professor posner, and so they get through this committee and they got to this senate which had very ideological -- many differences at that time as well, and i hope at the same will happen with you, professor liu. you have great credentials. thank you. >> thank you, senator,. >> that completes our first round, and i would like to put some letters into the record, which i will do. and i had to...
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circuit, frank easterbrook on circuit, and kimberly moore on the federal more and wilkinson were younger at the confirmation that liu is now. and had quite comparable mcconnell's writings were at view. i had one situation, and i'm a nominee for the 10th name of95:i southwick.ñlñú>@ democrats were not going to vote for him.ñ) i was implored not to vote for him. trent lott came to me on the down with him and listen to i did, for a long time, more than once. were, and i talked with him about them, and i decided i was going to vote for him. and i did vote for him, and he is now sitting on the 10th very polarized. tragedy. continues, nobody can break away approve another parties person. and that would be a real tragedy for those who would question it one of the conservatives who has written to the committee in by ken starr. as many here will know, kenneth starr is currently the president of baylor university, and has positions by republican presidents. akhil amar wrote about professor liu. and i quote, we recognize that that goodwin has expressed in his writings and speeches. in the end,
circuit, frank easterbrook on circuit, and kimberly moore on the federal more and wilkinson were younger at the confirmation that liu is now. and had quite comparable mcconnell's writings were at view. i had one situation, and i'm a nominee for the 10th name of95:i southwick.ñlñú>@ democrats were not going to vote for him.ñ) i was implored not to vote for him. trent lott came to me on the down with him and listen to i did, for a long time, more than once. were, and i talked with him...
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circuit court judges frank easterbrook and harvey wilkinson were both under 40 when nominated without any practicing legal experience at all. and yet this lack of practical experience didn't prevent either of these judges from becoming among the best respected, most widely regarded in their respective circuits. i would ask that my colleagues seriously consider instead looking at the standard that was applied when a similarly controversial professor came before this body. i was not here at the time but i understand from the record that democratic senators approached the nomination of michael mcconnell, president george w. bush's nominee to the 10th circuit, in a way that was generous, that accepted at face value some of his assertions. like professor liu, professor mcconnell was a widely regarded law professor who was nominated to a federal appeals court without having first served as a judge. many democratic senators at the time had concerns about professor mcconnell's conservative writings which included strong opposition to roe v. wade, congressional testimony that the violence agai
circuit court judges frank easterbrook and harvey wilkinson were both under 40 when nominated without any practicing legal experience at all. and yet this lack of practical experience didn't prevent either of these judges from becoming among the best respected, most widely regarded in their respective circuits. i would ask that my colleagues seriously consider instead looking at the standard that was applied when a similarly controversial professor came before this body. i was not here at the...
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circuit court judges frankwe b easterbrook and harvey wilkerson were both under 40 when nominated without any practicing legal experience at all. pract andic yet the lack of practical experience didn't prevent either of these judges from becoming among thepe best respected most widely regarded in their respective circuits. i would ask that my colleagues seriously consider instead looking at the standard that s s applied when a similarly body controversial professor camewas before thi ns body. i was not here atote the time bi understand for the record that f democratic senators approached the nomination of michael mcconnell, president george w. bush's nominee to the tenth circuit, in a way that was generous and accepted its faceso value some of his assertions. like professor lew -- liu he wai a law professor nominated to ast federal appeals court withoutge having first served as a judge. many democratic senators at the time had concerns about professor mcconnell' conservative writings which include strong opposition to roe v. wade, congressional testimony the violence against women act was
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circuit court judges frank easterbrook and harvey wilkinson were both under 40 when nominated without any practicing legal experience at all. and yet this lack of practical experience didn't prevent either of these judges from becoming among the best respected, most widely regarded in their respective circuits. i would ask that my colleagues seriously consider instead looking at the standard that was applied when a similarly controversial professor came before this body. i was not here at the time but i understand from the record that democratic senators approached the nomination of michael mcconnell, president george w. bush's nominee to the 10th circuit, in a way that was generous, that accepted at face value some of his assertions. like professor liu, professor mcconnell was a widely regarded law professor who was nominated to a federal appeals court without having first served as a judge. many democratic senators at the time had concerns about professor mcconnell's conservative writings which included strong opposition to roe v. wade, congressional testimony that the violence agai
circuit court judges frank easterbrook and harvey wilkinson were both under 40 when nominated without any practicing legal experience at all. and yet this lack of practical experience didn't prevent either of these judges from becoming among the best respected, most widely regarded in their respective circuits. i would ask that my colleagues seriously consider instead looking at the standard that was applied when a similarly controversial professor came before this body. i was not here at the...